Assmann, Aßmann or Assman is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Aleida Assmann
Aleida Assmann (born Aleida Bornkamm, 22 March 1947) is a German professor of English and literary studies, who studied Egyptology and whose work has focused on cultural anthropology and Cultural memory, cultural and communicative memory.
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(born 1947), professor of Egyptology, literary and cultural studies
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Arno Assmann
Arno Assmann (30 July 1908 – 30 November 1979) was a German actor, film director and television writer. He committed suicide.
Filmography
As an actor
* '' The Original Sin'' (1948)
* '' The Last Illusion'' (1949)
* '' My Wife's Frie ...
(1908–1979), German actor and film director
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Charles Assmann
Charles Assmann (born February 27, 1972) is a Canadian former professional football linebacker who played six seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Toronto Argonauts, Edmonton Eskimos, Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Renegades. He ...
(born 1972), Canadian football player
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Dick Assman
Richard Arthur Assman (February 14, 1934 – August 15, 2016) was a Canadian gas station employee whose name propelled him to celebrity status across North America for four months in 1995.
Career
In 1995, Assman moved from working at one Petro- ...
(1934–2016), Canadian petrol station owner
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Fabián Assmann
Walter Fabián Assmann (born 23 March 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Career
Born in Zárate, Assmann made his debut on 21 April 2007, and played two more games in the 2007 Clasura competition. For the ...
(born 1986), Argentine football goalkeeper
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Hans Assmann
The Lake Bodom murders is an unsolved homicide case in which three teenage campers were killed and another seriously injured in Finland. The case is one of the most notorious crimes in modern Finnish history.
Sometime between 4:00 a.m. a ...
(1923–1998), alleged KGB intelligence officer
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Hans Erasmus Aßmann
Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz (4 February 1646 – 22 April 1699) was a German statesman and poet from the second Silesian school.
Life
Abschatz was born at Würbitz ( Wierzbnica) in Lower Silesia in the Bohemian crown lands of ...
(1646–1699), German poet, statesman and translator
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Jan Assmann
Johann Christoph "Jan" Assmann (7 July 1938 – 19 February 2024) was a German Egyptologist, cultural historian, and religion scholar.
Life and works
Assmann studied Egyptology and classical archaeology in Munich, Heidelberg, Paris, and Göt ...
(1938–2024), German Egyptologist
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Katja Aßmann
Katja Aßmann (born 28 May 1971) is a German curator and arts administrator. She is currently the artistic director of Urbane Künste Ruhr (Urban Arts Ruhr).
About
Aßmann, who studied architecture and art history in Bochum. In 1999, Aßmann d ...
(born 1971), German art historian
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Peter Assmann
Peter Assmann (born 28 August 1963 in Zams) is an Austrian art historian, curator, writer, and visual artist.
Early life and education
Peter Assmann was born on 28 August 1963, in Zams, Austria. Assmann studied art history, history and German ...
(born 1963), Austrian writer and visual artist
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Richard Assmann
Richard Assmann (Anglicized spelling of the German name Richard Aßmann) (13 April 1845 in Magdeburg – 28 May 1918 in Gießen) was a German meteorologist and physician who was a native of Magdeburg. He made numerous contributions in high altitud ...
(1845–1918), meteorologist
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Sarah M. Assmann, American biologist
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Susan Assmann
Susan Fera Assmann (June 26, 1956 – May 30, 2020) was an American mathematician and statistician who published highly cited research on subgroup analysis and on the use of spironolactone for treating heart failure.
Early life, education, and ...
, American mathematician and statistician
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William F. Assmann (1862–1920), balloonist
See also
* "The Assman", a working title of "
The Fusilli Jerry
"The Fusilli Jerry" is the 107th episode of the NBC sitcom ''Seinfeld''. Featuring the introduction of David Puddy, the episode also features Kramer receiving vanity plates that say "ASSMAN" as well as marital problems between George's parents. ...
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Surnames from given names